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DESCRIPTION:&lt;strong&gt;$10 or FREE for members&lt;/strong&gt;\n&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;\nTh
 e new graphic novel\,&amp;nbsp\;&lt;em&gt;We Hereby Refuse: Japanese American Resist
 ance to Wartime Incarceration&lt;/em&gt;\, presents an original vision of Americ
 a&amp;rsquo\;s past with disturbing links to the American present. Through the
  characters of Jim Akutsu\, Hiroshi Kashiwagi\, and Mitsuye Endo\, the boo
 k weaves together an epic narrative of people who refused to submit to rac
 e-based imprisonment in American concentration camps without a fight.\n\nA
 uthors&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Frank Abe&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;and&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;Tamiko Nim
 ura&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;will read from the graphic novel and describe the proce
 ss of dramatizing a history that overturns the usual expectations around c
 amp stories\, with a special focus on segregation at Tule Lake. Artist&amp;nbs
 p\;&lt;strong&gt;Ross Ishikawa&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;will share his use of 3-D modeling
  to recreate scenes from Japanese American history\, and&amp;nbsp\;&lt;strong&gt;YUR
 I Education Project&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;creators will demonstrate a free online
  curriculum that accompanies the book.\n\n&lt;em&gt;Co-sponsored by the George a
 nd Sakaye Aratani CARE Award\, UCLA&amp;rsquo\;s Asian American Studies Center
 \, and the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience&lt;/em&gt;\
 n&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;\n&lt;a href=&quot;https://janmstore.com/&quot;&gt;We Hereby Refuse will be avai
 lable in the JANM Store&lt;/a&gt;\n&lt;a href=&quot;https://janmstore.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;\n&lt;stron
 g&gt;RSVPs are required using the link below.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp\;Y&lt;/stron
 g&gt;ou will be emailed links and instructions to join our conversation on Zo
 om. Please confirm that the email that you register with is the best way t
 o reach you. Contact publicprograms@janm.org if you have any additional qu
 estions or specific access concerns.\n\n&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://9644p.bla
 ckbaudhosting.com/9644p/tickets?tab=2&amp;amp\;txobjid=c943c93e-50ad-45da-905c
 -5d1ae72ab5a0&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;RSVP NOW&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;
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SUMMARY:We Hereby Refuse with Frank Abe\, Tamiko Nimura\, and Ross Ishikawa
URL:/en/events/2021/06/26/we-hereby-refuse-with-frank-abe-tamiko-nimura-an/
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